29.12.2012 Views

a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...

a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...

a handbook of the mosquitoes of north america - Systematic Catalog ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

202 MOSQUITOES OF NORTH AMERICA<br />

Air-tube cylindrical, straight, about three times as long as wide;<br />

pecten <strong>of</strong> short evenly spaced teeth, reaching to <strong>the</strong> tuft; tuft large,<br />

multiple, situated just beyond <strong>the</strong> pecten, before <strong>the</strong> middle <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

tube.<br />

This species occurs throughout <strong>the</strong> eastern United States<br />

from <strong>the</strong> Gulf <strong>of</strong> Mexico to nor<strong>the</strong>rn New England. It is<br />

rarely taken.<br />

URANOTBNIA LOCVII Theobald<br />

Uranotmsia Zowii Theobald, Mon. Culic., 2, 339. 1901.<br />

Uranotmia continestalis Dyar and Knab. Jour. N.Y. Ent. Sot.<br />

14, 187. 1906.<br />

Uranotmia mimta Theobald, Mon. Culic., 4, 559. 1907.<br />

Female. Length 2.5 mm.; wing 1.5 mm. Proboscis long, black,<br />

enlarged towards <strong>the</strong> apex. Occiput black, bordered with bluish<br />

white scales. Mesonotum yellowish-brown, darker medianly, <strong>the</strong><br />

median area appearing bluish in certain lights; a black patch in<br />

front <strong>of</strong> wing base with a few bluish scales near its centre. Abdomen<br />

black, <strong>the</strong> third, fifth and sixth segments with lateral, apical silvery<br />

patches, bluish in some lights; venter yellowish. Legs black, <strong>the</strong><br />

apex <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> third and all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> fourth and fifth hind tarsal joints<br />

white. Wing-scales black, <strong>the</strong> fourth and fifth veins with a short line<br />

<strong>of</strong> blue scales near <strong>the</strong>ir bases.<br />

Male laypopygizm. Side-pieces short, conical ; apical lobe absent ;<br />

basal lobe a small thickened area on dorsal side <strong>of</strong> excavation and<br />

bears numerous, short, ra<strong>the</strong>r stout setae. Clasper short, stout, <strong>the</strong><br />

apex broad with about eighteen short recurved claws. Mesosome a<br />

very complicated structure, composed <strong>of</strong> two lateral plates with many<br />

branches and united dorsally by a broad bridge which bears three<br />

pointed median processes. Lobes <strong>of</strong> ninth tergite broad oval plates,<br />

meeting in <strong>the</strong> middle line.<br />

This mosquito occurs in <strong>the</strong> Gulf States, South America and<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> West Indies. It bsreeds in small pools and grassy<br />

margins <strong>of</strong> lakes. The adults are not known to bite.<br />

GENUS ORTHOPODOMYIA<br />

Orthopodomyia Theobald, Entom. 37, 236. 1904.<br />

Bancr<strong>of</strong>tia Lutz in Bourroul, Mosq. do Brazil, 58. 1904.<br />

Pnezmaculex Dyar, Proc. Ent. Sot. Wash., 7, 46. 1905.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!